The Horizon School, Hartlepool

Schools we chose for benchmarking

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Running cost categories

We've chosen 30 similar schools to benchmark this school against running cost categories, which includes all staffing (excluding premises staff), ICT, consultancy and catering.

How we chose these schools

We chose these schools based on:

• school phase or type
• region
• number of pupils
• pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM)
• pupils with special educational needs (SEN), or proportion of various SEN provisions for special schools

SEN characteristics will be taken into account when comparators are chosen, these include:

• communication and interaction
• cognition and learning
• social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH)
• sensory and/or physical needs

Schools we've chosen

School	Type	Number of pupils	Pupils with special educational needs	Pupils eligible for free school meals
The Horizon School, Hartlepool (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	79	43.1%	89.2%
Heath School London, NW3 2NY	Pupil Referral Unit	63	100%	77.4%
Camden Primary Pupil Referral Unit London, NW1 3EX	Pupil Referral Unit	19	100%	84.2%
Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre South Shields, NE34 0QA	Pupil Referral Unit	104	94.3%	74.3%
Stepping Stones School Lancaster, LA1 4HT	Pupil Referral Unit	34	100%	83.3%
Stevenage Education Support Centre Stevenage, SG2 9HQ	Pupil Referral Unit	52	100%	75%
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service Hereford, HR1 2DY	Pupil Referral Unit	83	79.7%	64.4%
Trafford Alternative Education Provision Altrincham, WA14 1SR	Pupil Referral Unit	96	67.2%	69%
Leicester Partnership School Leicester, LE2 3PR	Pupil Referral Unit	109	32.7%	79.6%
Scarborough Pupil Referral Unit Scarborough, YO11 2PG	Pupil Referral Unit	23	50%	87.5%
The New Broadwalk PRU Swinton, M27 8QL	Pupil Referral Unit	41	100%	80.6%
Elmbrook School Leicester, LE5 1DT	Pupil Referral Unit	21	100%	83.3%
Compass School Southampton, SO16 9FQ	Pupil Referral Unit	92	100%	87.2%
Northgate School Edgware, HA8 0AD	Pupil Referral Unit	30	50%	62.5%
Bridgelea Pupil Referral Unit Manchester, M20 3FB	Pupil Referral Unit	124	100%	92.9%
Shaftesbury High School Chorley, PR7 3NQ	Pupil Referral Unit	138	47.6%	62.1%
New Leaf School Walsall, WV12 4EG	Pupil Referral Unit	53	80.4%	68.6%
Sycamore Short Stay School Dudley, DY1 3QE	Pupil Referral Unit	28	100%	90%
The Acorns School Ormskirk, L39 4QX	Pupil Referral Unit	93	61.2%	59.7%
New Directions London, E16 2LS	Pupil Referral Unit	32	100%	83.3%
Southwark Inclusive Learning Service (Sils) London, SE15 6LF	Pupil Referral Unit	55	92.7%	78%
Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision Maidstone, ME16 8AU	Pupil Referral Unit	47	100%	100%
The Link School Sunderland, SR3 4EE	Pupil Referral Unit	184	80.6%	70.8%
New Heights High School Liverpool, L9 7HA	Pupil Referral Unit	103	65.3%	77.9%
Hambleton/Richmondshire Pupil Referral Service Northallerton, DL6 1SZ	Pupil Referral Unit	26	88.5%	76.9%
Craven Pupil Referral Service Skipton, BD23 2QS	Pupil Referral Unit	19	50%	80%
Rivers Education Support Centre Hoddesdon, EN11 0AA	Pupil Referral Unit	49	58.6%	69%
North East Surrey Secondary Short Stay School Walton-on-Thames, KT12 4QY	Pupil Referral Unit	40	58.6%	72.4%
The Buckinghamshire Primary Pupil Referral Unit Aylesbury, HP19 9NS	Pupil Referral Unit	43	100%	100%
Central Hub Brighton Brighton, BN1 7FP	Pupil Referral Unit	106	100%	74.5%

Building cost categories

We've chosen 30 similar schools to benchmark this school against building cost categories, which includes utilities, cleaning and maintenance.

How we chose these schools

We chose these schools based on:

• school phase or type
• region
• gross internal floor area
• average age of buildings
• whether they are a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) school

Schools we've chosen

School	Type	Number of pupils	Gross internal floor area	Average age of buildings
The Horizon School, Hartlepool (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	79	Sign in to see
Heath School London, NW3 2NY	Pupil Referral Unit	63
Malden Oaks School and Tuition Service Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5QY	Pupil Referral Unit	255
Pace St Helens, WA9 2LH	Pupil Referral Unit	22
The Pendlebury Centre Stockport, SK3 0RJ	Pupil Referral Unit	40
Newbridge House PRU Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9HU	Pupil Referral Unit	48
Smannell Field School Andover, SP11 6JP	Pupil Referral Unit	25
North Herts Education Support Centre Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3LY	Pupil Referral Unit	21
Chessbrook Education Support Centre Watford, WD18 6LJ	Pupil Referral Unit	29
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service Hereford, HR1 2DY	Pupil Referral Unit	83
iCollege Alternative Provision Newbury, RG14 1QY	Pupil Referral Unit	111
Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical) Willenhall, WV13 2QJ	Pupil Referral Unit	91
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	86
The Forum Centre Blandford Forum, DT11 7BX	Pupil Referral Unit	81
Chadwick High School Lancaster, LA1 2AY	Pupil Referral Unit	114
Lionheart School Newport, PO30 5HZ	Pupil Referral Unit	113
Canterbury Campus and Lavender Campus Morden, SM4 6PT	Pupil Referral Unit	100
Shaftesbury High School Chorley, PR7 3NQ	Pupil Referral Unit	138
South Somerset Partnership School Yeovil, BA21 4EN	Pupil Referral Unit	62
Taunton Deane Partnership College Taunton, TA1 2JD	Pupil Referral Unit	59
The Bridge School Sedgemoor Bridgwater, TA6 5HT	Pupil Referral Unit	83
Sycamore Short Stay School Dudley, DY1 3QE	Pupil Referral Unit	28
Two Bridges School Tunbridge Wells, TN4 0DS	Pupil Referral Unit	31
Maple Medical PRU Doncaster, DN4 9HT	Pupil Referral Unit	47
North East Surrey Secondary Short Stay School Walton-on-Thames, KT12 4QY	Pupil Referral Unit	40
Children's Support Service Wickford, SS11 7JZ	Pupil Referral Unit	189
The Forge Secondary Short Stay School Redditch, B98 8HF	Pupil Referral Unit	34
Burnside Secondary PRU London, E4 8YJ	Pupil Referral Unit	28
Rotherham Aspire Rotherham, S62 5AF	Pupil Referral Unit	135
Central Hub Brighton Brighton, BN1 7FP	Pupil Referral Unit	106